Applications for community grants for National Science Week events in the Northern Territory are now open. Individual projects can be supported with up to $3000 and there is a total grant pool of $12 000. Applications will be assessed against selection criteria and project proposals should be innovative and fresh. Remember that events must be held…
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National Science Week grants for 2019
The grant round for National Science Week 2019 is now open. The total amount available is $500 000 and grant applications can be for $2000 to $20 000. Projects need to be largely for general public audiences and be held in National Science Week (10 – 18 August 2019), or in the week immediately before or…
So long and thanks for all the science
National Science Week 2018 has officially come to an end. (But there are still plenty of opportunities to science – see The Science Never Ends blog post.) What a fabulous celebration of science we’ve had over the past nine (plus) days! We will be collating the statistics and stories in the coming weeks, but we…
The Science Never Ends
Today is the final day of National Science Week 2018. But don’t despair! That doesn’t mean that you have to stop sciencing! There are still loads of events happening around the country after today, and every other day too! The Science Week website continues to list events that run throughout August, and beyond including: Macrocosmia…
Governor General’s Rocket Design Challenge
As part of National Science Week celebrations, Questacon in conjunction with the Office of the Governor General launched the first ever Governor General’s Rocket Design Challenge. Over 100 students from 28 different schools attended the event, taking part in a hands-on experiment that saw them designing, building and launching their own paper rockets. Teams competed…
Science Poem of the Day #9
Today’s poem is from Law & Impulse: maths & chemistry poems, published by The Poets Union. Tricia Dearborn Making Pipettes Rolling the hollow rod above the bunsen, blue flame glowing orange where fire embraces glass, turning it in the fingertips watching for something almost ineffable, the particular shine that denotes a particular malleability. Then taking…
Take the plunge with Virtual Reef Diver
Each year National Science Week partners with the ABC and some of Australia’s talented researchers to create a national project that everyone around Australia, wherever their location, can participate in. The project involves real data collection that scientists need our help to gather through citizen science. Over the years the projects have seen Australians doing…
Science Poem of the Day #8
Today’s poem is from Earthly Matters: biology & geology poems, published by The Poets Union. Michael Sharkey And So Good Night Curious right to the end, Lavoisier ordered a friend to make sure to look close at his eyes when the blade had just severed his head. He told him he’d blink if he had…
Jam-Packed Final Weekend
How was your sciencing this week? Still want more? Well, you’re in luck – because the final weekend of National Science Week 2018 is jam-packed with exciting events to experience, soak up and enjoy! Whatever style you are after – family outing, workshop, music performance, movie night – National Science Week has you covered. Art, chemistry,…
Science Poem of the Day #7
Today’s poem is from Holding Patterns: physics & engineering poems, published by The Poets Union. Magdalena Ball Six Flavours of Quark Up, down strange, charmed bottom and top, that’s the six. You know them; mapped them; found them when no one else even thought to look. I see them lined in pretty rows well, not…